I have a life simulator.

Because Ishizaki Daichi's bed wasn't far from his, Kitagawa Ryo, who was pretending to take a nap with his eyes closed, could clearly hear all of this conversation. Hearing this, he couldn't help but smile. It's just that in a dormitory of twelve or thirteen people, even if it's not a large communal room, the number of people means that various smells are bound to be unavoidable. However, according to Ichinose Honami, the girls were no less tolerant, and their tolerance was even lower than that of the boys. They would have big and small arguments about this every few days.

"Sigh, I really want to fall in love... to leave a memory of my youth that I can look back on in the future."

Even though I only missed listening for a short while, the style of conversation between Ishizaki Daichi and Komiya Yogo started to improve dramatically.

As their voices grew louder and louder, the other students who were reviewing their notes or sleeping nearby were also disturbed. However, after hearing what the two were talking about, they were not angry at all, but instead excitedly joined in.

Romance is indeed a top topic that never loses its popularity among students of any age. Kitagawa Ryo even saw Watanabe Norihito, who had just been angrily rebuking his ministers, join in the heated discussion. However, unlike last time, this time the person in question was no longer him, but each individual themselves.

Do you think it's better to date a girl in your class or someone from another class?

Faced with Komiya Yogo's question, Watanabe Norihito gave his answer without hesitation:

"Of course, it's better to date a girl in your own class. Not only do you spend more time together every day, but it's also more convenient than dating someone from another class. Especially in special exams where classes compete against each other, if you date a girl from another class, even if you insist on prioritizing the interests of your class, it will be difficult to convince the other students in your class. Moreover, there's the possibility that a girlfriend from another class might try to win you over by playing the emotional card and getting you to do something that would betray class information."

Although Watanabe Norihito gave a long and well-reasoned explanation, Kitagawa Ryo was quite clear that the main reason was that the person he was currently in love with was actually Amakura Asako from his own class. It was like drawing a target for an arrow that had already been shot.

As expected, as soon as Watanabe Norihito opened his mouth, Ishizaki Daichi immediately expressed his disapproval, shaking his head and retorting:

"Isn't it said that rabbits don't eat the grass near their burrows? It's convenient to date a girl in your class, but it also means that you two will be watched by the other students in the class all the time. If you can stay in love until graduation, that's fine. But if you break up in the middle, no matter who dumped whom, these inexplicable rumors will have a devastating impact on your interpersonal relationships. In the end, you might even feel awkward when you meet, let alone go through difficulties together as classmates and take all kinds of special exams."

As someone who was instructed by Kitagawa Ryo to spread the little secrets of the emotional entanglements within Class C during the special exam on the deserted island, Ishizaki Daichi witnessed firsthand last summer how damaging it would be to an individual and even the entire class's social atmosphere if such emotional entanglements were exposed. To be honest, Class C still hasn't recovered.

"Besides, love should be passionate and dramatic. Don't you yearn for a relationship like the ones in stories, where the whole world opposes and questions it? That way, no matter what the outcome, you'll feel like you were the protagonist of the world for at least that period of time."

Kitagawa Ryo didn't know which book he had seen this passage in, but it was the first time he had ever heard Ishizaki Daichi write such a well-structured essay. However, he felt that this statement was a bit excessive. After all, the last girl who had ever staged a huge event against the whole world because of her student-era romance ended up being tormented by the psychological trauma for ten years was named Chabashira Sae.

"Indeed, if I could, I would also like to date girls from other classes."

Hearing this, Komiya Hago, who was in the same class as Ishizaki Daichi, nodded. Perhaps the implication of the words was a bit too obvious, or perhaps his eyes looked a little unnatural when he said it, because the seasoned veteran Hashimoto Masayoshi immediately noticed something was off and asked him with a frivolous and mischievous grin:

"What? Judging from your expression, you've already fallen for some girl in some class?"

When Hashimoto Masayoshi asked so directly, all the other boys simultaneously turned their gaze to Komiya Hago's face. However, he didn't flinch or try to brush it off; instead, he nodded earnestly.

"Yes, I hope it works. I've already prepared a plan to confess my feelings to her."

"Wow, you're so unassuming. I didn't expect you to be such a closet pervert. Let me guess, you must have set the date for the 14th of next month, Valentine's Day, right?"

Ishizaki Daichi seemed to be hearing about his friend's plan for the first time, and nudged his arm in surprise:

"Tell me, tell me, who did you invite?"

"Let's forget about a specific name, because it would be quite embarrassing if I were rejected in the end."

"Then tell me her class, okay? Which class is she in?"

"Um……"

After hesitating for a moment, Komiya Yogo finally relaxed slightly and looked in the direction of Yukimura Teruhiko:

"She's a girl from Class A."

"From our class?"

Yukimura Teruhiko, who hadn't really participated in the discussion, was also somewhat surprised to hear this. Since the Maezono Chiyo incident had only been going on for less than two months, their Class A was still a bit PTSD about this kind of cross-class romance. For a moment, they instinctively began to scrutinize Komiya Yogo, as if they were afraid that this was another scheme orchestrated by Ryuen Sho, the leader of Class D.

"Hey, there's no need to look at me like that. Has Tokyo Advanced Educational High School recently introduced a new rule that forbids students from dating members of other classes?"

After being stared at so intently by Yukimura Teruhiko, Miyake Akito, and Yamada Albert, all students from Class A, Komiya Yogo started to wave his hands, feeling a bit pressured and as if he was being targeted.

"It's nothing. I just agree with Watanabe's opinion on this matter. I feel that it's better to date a girl in the same class. I didn't mean to target you, Komiya."

Seemingly realizing that his gaze was too aggressive, Yukimura Teruhiko adjusted his glasses, only to be immediately countered by Ishizaki Daichi with a question:

"So, how would you, Yukimura-kun, refute my opinions from earlier?"

"Forehead……"

For Yukimura Teruhiko, a model student who has always believed that "women only interfere with my studies," this question was indeed a bit beyond his level. He stammered for a long time but couldn't seem to come up with a proper answer. In the end, it was Miyake Akito who stepped in to smooth things over and get him out of the predicament.

"Actually, I think that since everyone feels that cross-class relationships and intra-class relationships have their own advantages and disadvantages, why not consider upward compatibility? Some members of our archery club are dating upperclassmen."

"Upper-grade female students? It's true that you can avoid conflicts between classes, but you'll still encounter all-grade-wide exam battles like now. It feels like a temporary solution, not a permanent one. Besides, they'll always graduate before you. A relationship that always ends in separation just doesn't feel very exciting."

As Akito Miyake's speech opened up new ideas and new avenues, the other boys also began to speak enthusiastically one after another:

"Besides, everyone knows what's going on in the second year. I heard that almost all the pretty girls there have had ambiguous relationships with the student council president, Nan Yun. You all saw that this morning, right? If it weren't for that, why would they risk all sorts of trouble to help? They're all acting like madmen."

"Not to mention the third graders, they only have two months left before they graduate from this school."

"Now that you mention it, I suddenly realize that in just two months, we'll be second-year students."

After Hashimoto Masayoshi uttered this inexplicable remark, many boys' eyes lit up again, as if a new world had been opened up, and they all shouted out a certain word in unison:

"There are female students too!"

"Yes, the lovely female freshmen are about to enroll!"

"I've been fantasizing about someone sweetly calling me 'senior' for the past year!"

After instantly abandoning their senior female classmates, the boys unhesitatingly threw themselves into the arms of their junior female classmates, and began to fantasize about what it would be like in April.

"I will definitely sign up for my club's recruitment event and show the juniors what an excellent senior I am."

"The naive newbies who just enrolled definitely couldn't adapt to Dongyu's twisted rules. So I had to treat them gently as a mature, experienced person. Selling answers for the midterm exam—here I come!"

Just as the boys were having a lively discussion, Kitagawa Ryo suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from the direction of his upper bunk. It was Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, who hadn't said much.

"...This is not allowed."

As the only student council member present, Kiyotaka Ayanokoji still had enough persuasive power at this point.

"Once we graduate from our third year, the school will probably reveal some additional rules to us second-year students. Simply put, at least until the end of the first month, we seniors cannot easily reveal any information about Tokyo Advanced Educational High School. We can only wait for them to discover it themselves."

At this point, Kiyotaka Ayanokoji unconsciously recalled the scene from last year's cultural festival.

Unlike any previous cultural festival, last year's Dongyu Cultural Festival relaxed restrictions on the number of visitors. As a result, a large number of freshmen who will be enrolled here next year experienced a day trip to Dongyu in advance. They learned about the four classes (A, B, C, and D) and even individual and class points. If they had paid close attention during that day, they should have been able to discover some clues, which will closely affect the scoring situation for the first-year students in the first month next year.

After making that statement that immediately bored the boys in the third group, Kiyotaka Ayanokouji lay back down on his bed, but before doing so, he discreetly glanced at Ryo Kitagawa, who was sleeping in the bunk below him.

As I said before, we need to strengthen the class's competitiveness, but we can't let Kitagawa Ryo's progress fall behind.

After all, his bunkmate was a rare find—the ultimate encyclopedia of love, having mastered everything the boys had mentioned, including relationships within the same class, relationships across classes, relationships with upperclassmen, and relationships with lowerclassmen.

Chapter 426: Your Name (4k5)

As a legendary observer who is well aware of Kitagawa Ryo's terrifying ways with the opposite sex, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka could be said to have started planning as early as last year's cultural festival. At least he didn't dare to submit a single girl on the list, since the White Room had already lost a fourth-generation student and a fifth-generation student in a short period of time because of this.

Having spent the first ten years of his life in the White Room, Kiyotaka Ayanokouji is well aware that he doesn't actually understand the universal views on love held by girls outside the room. However, conversely, he is the one who knows best what the test subjects in the White Room should be like.

That is precisely why Kitagawa Ryo is given such a high priority in his eyes. In fact, Ayanokouji Kiyotaka only gradually changed his attitude towards Kitagawa Ryo after witnessing the changes in Amasawa Ichika and Yuki. After all, if you really count the number, the second-year student Nangumo Masaru is the one who is undisputed. Among all the second-year students, the only ones who have never had an ambiguous relationship with him are a minority.

Thinking about Nan Yunya's current situation, Ayanokouji Kiyotaka couldn't help but feel a little helpless. He was also a little surprised that the other party had such a high level of initiative, actually choosing to gamble again by herself after the plan had failed, only to be sent to the hospital by a passing wild boar.

Whether Nangumo Masako is alright or not is another matter, since the school's announcement only stated that she was slightly injured. The more troublesome issue for Ayanokouji Kiyotaka is that with Nangumo Masako's departure, he has lost most of his ability to lead the second-year students.

No matter how much Nan Yunya's reputation has declined during this period, as long as the contract he signed with the other second-year students is still in effect, the news that he has lost most of his large amount of personal points has not been exposed or confirmed, and his position as student council president remains secure, then he will still be the nominal and de facto leader of the second-year students. The vast majority of second-year students will have to obey his orders, just like the scene this morning.

In a sense, the overall command mode of the second year is somewhat similar to that of Class D in the first year. This command mode, in which one person is in charge of the whole situation, also has obvious drawbacks. When Nan Yunya and Long Yuanxiang on the deserted island suddenly leave the scene in a similar way, the fragile balance will be broken instantly, and chaos will follow.

In the past, Mizowa and Tonokawa, Nagumo Masaru's two right-hand men, could have taken on this task. After all, during last year's cultural festival, when Nagumo became a hands-off leader and stopped managing class affairs, it was the two of them who temporarily filled in.

But the situation is completely different now. After yesterday's wild boar incident, Mizokawa and Tonokawa have completely lost Nanono Masa's trust, which means they have lost the power they once held as executive deputies.

To be frank, Kiyotaka Ayanokouji is not the type of person who can get along well with everyone in a group. Just as he controlled Class 3-B by establishing a cooperative relationship with Ishikura, the leader of Class 3-B, he also needed Miyabi Nagumo as an intermediary to control the second-year students. After all, the name Kiyotaka Ayanokouji was not very familiar to the other second-year students, even though he had shown his face as a student council member.

Moreover, there are already many variables to consider in the second grade.

For example, Kiriyama Ikuha from Class 2-B.

Theoretically, this was an undercover agent used by Nagumo Masaru to balance the internal conflicts among the second-year students and to lure out the opposition. However, at this point in time, Ayanokouji Kiyotaka doesn't really think that the other party would still be willing to take on this undercover identity.

If in the past, his arguments with Nan Yunya were indeed about shaping his image in front of other second-year students, then from a certain point onwards, their disputes began to have a more genuine flavor. Especially during the recent winter break, after Nan Yunya forcibly removed him from his position as vice president of the student council, their conflict began to visibly sharpen.

It was under these circumstances that Kiyotaka Ayanokouji was also unable to determine whether Ikuhachi Kiriyama would take advantage of Nagumo Masaru's injury and leave to make the situation real and try to rewrite the entire second-year situation.

After all, the very foundation upon which Nan Yunya ruled the entire second year was the lottery transfer contract. He could also promise to replicate it, or even learn from past experience and slightly relax the conditions. Then, he could take the opportunity to expose that Nan Yunya had already used tens of millions of personal points—the "public funds of all second-year students"—for his own selfish desires during the sports festival and cultural festival. This would directly destroy Nan Yunya's foundation in terms of "legitimacy."

As for Nan Yunya's fanbase built on her personal charm, we can only wait and see what kind of scars this wild boar incident will leave on her. After all, modern society, especially in high school, really is an era that values ​​appearance.

In any case, Kiyotaka Ayanokouji felt that as long as Ryo Kitagawa was willing, he could easily build such a base in the first year, or even the second and third year. After all, Ryo Kitagawa was superior to Makoto Nagumo in terms of appearance, temperament, status and talent. It was just that the other party did not have this idea.

Moreover, he has indeed demonstrated his abilities in this area, easily winning over Kiryuin Kaede, the most unconventional second-year student, and Nagisa Asahina, Masaru Nagumo's childhood friend, in just a few months, which has made Kiyotaka Ayanokoji somewhat unsurprised.

While Ayanokouji Kiyotaka was pondering how to handle the unpredictable and confusing situation among the second-year students caused by this sudden incident, Kitagawa Ryo, who slept in the bunk below him, pulled up his blanket, closed his eyes, and pretended to take a nap, also thinking about the aftermath of Nanami Aya's sudden departure.

However, his thinking was more direct: could he take this opportunity to expel Nan Yunya from school?

Although Kitagawa Ryo never considered using his status to recruit Nagumo due to his personality, and was confident and unafraid of the combination of Ayanokoji Kiyotaka and Nagumo Masashi, this special exam still taught him a lesson, namely that Nagumo Masashi's initiative was indeed beyond his imagination.

Putting aside the fact that the other party had lost their mind and tried to self-destruct with him, only to be punished by the wild boar, he also obtained some information from Asahina Nagisa at noon today. This information was that Nagumo Masako had personally suggested in the morning that they should directly target Ichinose Honami and Karuizawa Megumi to make a breakthrough.

As the saying goes, it's not the thief you should fear, but the one who has his eye on you. Kiyotaka Ayanokouji had finally been subtly influenced by him to break free from the mindset of the White Room, but instead, another mad dog with even more unscrupulous means and no regard for consequences appeared. Even for the sake of his future school life, Ryo Kitagawa had to send him out of Tokyo University as soon as possible.

Three-legged toads are hard to find, but two-legged second-year students are not lacking in Tokyo Advanced Educational High School. After all, the second-year system built by Nagumo Masashi has been ruined by his own hands. His personal points, which were his absolute guarantee, have been lost in large numbers. In order to curry favor with Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, he personally handed over the debt of six million personal points with Class 1-C. His right-hand men, Mizowaki and Tonogawa, have both betrayed him. Even the students in his class, Class 2-A, are dissatisfied because Nagumo has increased his exploitation of them. His additional reliance on his student council president status is also likely to be lost after this special exam.

Because Tokyo Advanced Educational High School will certainly not allow a student who openly disobeys school instructions and disregards his own personal safety to continue holding the highest position among the students.

It's no exaggeration to say that Nan Yunya's dominance in the second year is indeed on the verge of collapse, and this special exam is precisely the opportunity that will bring it to fruition.

If we're talking about who can capitalize on the popularity of Nagumo Masaru's Whale Fall, Kitagawa Ryo thinks it might actually be Kiriyama Ikuha from Class 2-B.

Although Kitagawa Ryo himself felt that the former student council vice president, who kept switching between Horikita Manabu and Nagumo Masaru, had a somewhat subtle personality, it can only be said that every cloud has a silver lining. The identity that the other party had been playing as an 'opponent of Nagumo Masaru' for the past year had indeed become deeply rooted in the hearts of the second-year students. After all, Horikita Manabu himself had been deceived by him for a period of time before, and promoting him to student council vice president was one of the best endorsements.

Especially the student council personnel changes that occurred during the recent winter break. Although Kitagawa Ryo, as someone in the know, was well aware that it was Ayanokoji Kiyotaka's order to split Class A, and that this was done by Nagumo Masaru, the uninformed majority saw it as proof that Kiriyama Ikuha was being persecuted again by the student council president, Nagumo Masaru. It only served to elevate Kiriyama's status considerably.

If nothing unexpected happens, there are probably quite a few students in the second year who are dissatisfied with Nangumo Masaru and are already preparing to push Kiriyama Ikuha into that position, to stage a drama of "you have really ruined my life" for him.

Judging from Kiriyama Ikuha's past performance, although his stance has been inconsistent, his attitude towards second-year students is generally acceptable. Compared to Nagumo Masaru's casualness and selfishness, he is more considerate of the interests of other second-year students. Even after obtaining a Class A ticket, he still advised Nagumo Masaru at the Sports Festival not to use his large number of personal points for personal reasons.

However, from Kitagawa Ryo's personal perspective, compared to Kiriyama Ikuha taking over, he would definitely prefer the second-year students to return to a state of disarray, even if it meant maintaining the overall unity, with the person in charge preferably being a senior he was familiar with, or to put it more simply, Kiryuin Fuka or Asahina Nazuna.

It wasn't that Kitagawa Ryo was single-mindedly trying to support the two of them; rather, from a standpoint perspective, both Kiryuin Fuka and Asahina Nazuna theoretically shared the same stance as Kiriyama Ikuha, since they were both openly opposed to Nagumo Masaru.

The news that Asahina Nagisa and Nagumo Masaru had completely fallen out was known to all the second-year students. Kiryuin Fuuka was even more well-known, after all, she hadn't signed the agreement for over a year, and she had also done something big at the Sports Festival, so she had been tested on all levels.

If Kitagawa Ryo had to choose between the two, he would actually lean more towards Asahina Nagisa. While Kiryuin Fuuka's abilities are undeniable, her lone-wolf behavior over the past two years has left her without enough influence in her class or grade. In terms of popularity, she is not as well-liked as Asahina Nagisa, who is gentle and kind and has friends in every class in the second year.

In fact, Nan Yunya's sudden change will not only alter the grade situation that has been maintained for more than a year, but will also have a sudden and drastic impact on the overall direction of the student council.

Regardless of whether Nan Yunya will be targeted for expulsion during this period, her position as student council president will certainly not be able to continue. This indicates that the current student council will enter an unprecedented phase of early election for a new student council president.

According to the usual practice of electing the student council president in order of grade, the four first-year students who have the opportunity to run this time are Sakayanagi Arisu and Horikita Suzune from Class 1-A, and Katsuragi Kohei and Ayanokoji Kiyotaka from Class 1-C.

"...It's like everything just happened at once."

The thought that the competition between Sakayanagi Arisu and Horikita Suzune for the student council president would suddenly escalate to this point gave Kitagawa Ryo a headache. Unlike this time when he clearly stated that he would not help either side, he had been tricked by Suzune into promising to help her participate in the student council president election during the special exam on the deserted island last summer. At that time, he thought it would be at least a year or more later. However, things had changed, and this showdown was likely to happen sooner than expected.

Perhaps because he was indeed a little tired in the morning, or perhaps because he didn't want to think about it anymore, Kitagawa Ryo, who was only pretending to sleep, actually fell asleep while thinking about it. When he opened his eyes again, the clock on the wall was pointing to five o'clock in the afternoon. The entire dormitory was quiet and empty, which made Kitagawa Ryo feel a little dazed.

"Are they awake? They've all gone to the restaurant for lunch."

Just as Kitagawa Ryo was a little confused, an explanation suddenly came from the direction of the upper bunk. Ayanokouji Kiyotaka was sitting on the edge of the bed, leaning a little over towards the lower bunk.

Why didn't you go?

Kitagawa Ryo yawned lazily, rubbed his neck, sat up from the bed, and casually asked Ayanokouji Kiyotaka this question.

I'm not very hungry.

"Really? Actually, I'm not that hungry."

He stretched his limbs out on the bed, knowing full well that the other person was probably actually monitoring his actions, but Kitagawa Ryo was too lazy to point it out. He propped his pillow up against the bed and started chatting idly with Ayanokouji Kiyotaka.

Once again, chatting with the test subject in the White Room across the bunk, Kitagawa Ryo couldn't help but feel a bit emotional. After all, of all his simulation experiences, the days in the White Room were always one of the most unforgettable periods of his life, both physically and psychologically.

The formation of any child's personality is closely related to the environment in which they are born and raised. In fact, it was only after the final simulation that he finally began to understand some of the essence of Ayanokouji Kiyotaka. After all, changes in relationships are never one-sided. The principle that it takes two to tango applies to interpersonal relationships as well. The improvement in his relationship with Ayanokouji Kiyotaka was essentially due to a change in their mutual understanding of each other.

In fact, ever since Kiyotaka Ayanokouji changed his attitude towards him, Ryo Kitagawa had been able to sense that the other party was deliberately observing him, but he always felt that it was always somewhat insufficient to simply try to learn or understand something from others.

It's no exaggeration to say that Kitagawa Ryo even felt that Ayanokouji Kiyotaka understood him better than he understood himself.

As the White Room's masterpiece, he was actually unaware of the plan and the origins of the facility.

As Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, he only knew his father but not his mother, and had never experienced a moment of family affection.

Kitagawa Ryo suddenly remembered a question about his name that the girl who slept in the bunk above him had asked him a long time ago.

"Hey, Ayanokouji."

Do you want to know why you have this name?

Chapter 427: There Can Only Be One Sun in the Sky, Only Lingyin in My Heart

"my name?"

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka seemed surprised that Kitagawa Ryo would suddenly bring up this topic, and was momentarily stunned, subconsciously asking this question in return.